12-letter words containing s, u, r, g, i
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- hippo regius — a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- illustrating — Present participle of illustrate.
- ingloriously — In an inglorious manner.
- ingurgitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingurgitate.
- insurgencies — Plural form of insurgency.
- interregnums — Plural form of interregnum.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- kikuyu grass — a type of fast-growing tropical grass, Pennisetum clandestinum, native to E Africa
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
- living trust — a trust that takes effect during the lifetime of the settlor.
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lugubriously — In a lugubrious manner.
- magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
- menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- messeigneurs — plural of Monseigneur.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microsurgeon — a person who performs microsurgery
- microsurgery — any of various surgical procedures performed under magnification and with small specialized instruments, permitting very delicate operations, as the reconnection of severed blood vessels and nerves.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- moisturising — Present participle of moisturise.
- moisturizing — Present participle of moisturize.
- naturalising — Present participle of naturalise.
- neurogenesis — The growth and development of nervous tissue.
- neurologists — Plural form of neurologist.
- neutralising — Present participle of neutralise.
- nigiri-zushi — cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi)